For Our Extended Family,
Your support, donations, and encouragement have meant even more to us lately than usual — let me tell you why.
Living with Gail’s SCI injury and the related health issues means daily challenges and concerns, but her struggles were never as compounded as they've been since her thoracic surgery last year. Yes, the surgery corrected a problem from her initial SCI event, but there was a negative impact to her digestive tract ~ stomach, pancreas and small intestine.
This year ~ after two long hospitalizations ~ with the diagnosis and help of a terrific group of Emory GI specialists (plus a Central Line & TPN) she is hanging on. She’s up to 101 lbs from the 72lbs she’d dropped to... Her BMI is now also within a healthy range. However, from these two hospitalizations and ambulances alone, our out-of-pocket costs are staggering.
Each significant health issue Gail has dealt with this year feels like that proverbial song, "Your thigh bone connected to your hip bone, Your hip bone connected to your back bone..." As a consequence of this year of GI problems, Gail is facing the added astronomical expense of all on 4 dental implants.
Your support and donations are literally sustaining her life. Your kindness and generosity has kept our spirits, enthusiasm and optimism high. I come to you humbly today to ask for additional help. Here is where you can make a secure online donation: https://helphopelive.org/donate-to-campaign/?id=6326
Gail and I have been working with HHL since her SCI and stay at Shepherd Center in Atlanta, in 2013; they have been amazingly supportive, consistently a partner in our corner. Your donations are tax-deductible and fully managed by HelpHopeLive and it's confirmed Gail's medical and financial need for full accountability to donors like you. If you’d like more information, you can call the nonprofit directly at 800-642-8399.
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the literally life-sustaining support you have offered us so far. It means everything...
So very grateful,
Tom Swanston
Here are just a few ways you can help:
- Share my cause with others on social media
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Start a Facebook Fundraiser for Help Hope Live in my honor: CLICK HERE and add Gail Foster to the title
- Volunteer to help me fundraise as a "team member" (Details upon request)
- See if local businesses can match your donation
~ Please click the image below to donate in honor of Gail Foster ~
